Ill. Admin. Code tit. 23, § 555.150 - Criteria for the Review of Planning and Training Grant Proposals
a) Applications for
funding shall be evaluated in accordance with the following criteria:
1) Need (50 points)
The proposal demonstrates that:
A) the applicant serves a significant number
of students who are subject to risk factors, such as financial need, absence or
unemployment of a parent, chronic illness, or homelessness, that may jeopardize
their social and emotional well-being; and
B) gaps in current programs and systems have
resulted in inadequate or uneven attention to the social and emotional learning
needs of the students housed in the participating schools; and
C) the applicant needs additional resources
to prepare for the integration of the SEL standards into the participating
schools' curricula and programs.
2) Readiness (40 points)
A) The proposal presents a defensible
rationale for the selection and number of schools to be served and demonstrates
that the applicant's choice of members for the Implementation Teams will make
efficient use of any prior involvement in SEL-related activities.
B) The proposed sequence of activities
reflects the applicant's policy adopted under Section 15 of the Children's
Mental Health Act of 2003 [405 ILCS
49/15 ], as well as an appropriate relationship
between the professional development to be provided to participants and the
planning activities that will occur.
C) The proposal demonstrates an allocation of
district resources and administrative effort that will be sufficient for the
management of the grant activities, commensurate with the district's ability to
contribute, and indicative of engagement in the project on the part of the
district's leadership.
3) Cost-Effectiveness (10 points)
The proposed budget is cost-effective, as evidenced by the cost of proposed activities in relation to the numbers of individuals participating in the planning effort and the quantity of schools involved.
b) The
provisions of Section
555.50(b)
of this Part shall apply to the distribution and ranking of proposals under
this Subpart B.
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